Spool-holder for sewing-machines.



PATENTED AUG. 29, 1905.

F. EGGE. SPOOL HOLDER FOR SEWING MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED APB. 11 1905.

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FREDERICK EGGE, OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE SMITH ANDEGGE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF BRIDGEPORT, CON- NECTICUT, A CORPORATIONOF CONNECTICUT.

SPOOL-HOLDER FOR SEWING-MACHINES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 29, 1905.

Application filed April 11, 1905. Serial No. 254,943.

To all whom (It may concern.-

Be it known that I, FREDERICK Been, a citizen of the United States,residing at Bridgeport, in the county of Fairfield and State ofConnecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inSpool-Holders for Sewing-Machines; and I do hereby declare the followingto be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such aswill enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make anduse the same.

My invention relates to spool-holders such as are used on the heads ofsewing-machines for the purpose of holding thread; and it consists inthe novel parts and combination of parts hereinafter described, andspecifically pointed out in the claims which conclude this application.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a sectional elevation showingmy improvement applied in position for use; Fig. 2, an elevation showingthe position of the parts when the spool-holder is swung to one side,and Fig. 3 a bottom view of the ledge which supports my improved holder.

Similar numbers of reference denote like parts in the several figures ofthe drawings.

1 represents a part of a sewing-machine head that is provided with aledge 2, which has a perforation 3' extending from the top to thebottom.

My improved spool-holder proper consists of a frame composed of across-bar 4, having depending therefrom two arms 5 6. These two arms areof unequal lengths, and the long arm 6 extends through the perforation 3and is provided with a cross-pin or stop 7 at the lower end, wherebysaid arm is secured as against withdrawal from said perforation. 8 is across-pin or stop extending through this arm 6 at a point above theledge 2, and confined between this cross-pin and i the ledge itself is acoil-spring 9, whose function is to keep this arm normally elevated, soas to insure a firm impact of the pin or stop 7 against the bottom ofthe ledge. The arm 5 does not extend down to the top surface of thesewing-machine head 1, and when. my improvement is in the position shownat Fig. 1 this arm will be projected down within the opening 10 of thespool 11, but will not extend to the bottom of the spool, and thereforeany loose coils of thread which may be dropped from the spool may bereadily drawn out between the bottom of the spool and the sewing-machinehead itself, thereby preventing any tangling or breaking of said thread.When it is desired to remove the spool, the frame is swung to one side,as shown at Fig. 2, and the spool is then readily taken off, and in thisposition of the frame a succeeding spool of thread may be placed on thearm 5 and the frame then swung back to operative position. When theframe is in operative position, as shown at Fig. 1, the lower cross-bar7 will have engaged with notches 12 in the bottom of the ledge onopposite sides of the perforation 3, and this cross-bar will then beseated within these notches and will be held therein by the action ofthe spring 9, so that there can be no likelihood of the accidentaldisplacement of the frame. When the frame is swung to one side, the pin7 will ride out of the notches 12 against the resiliency of the spring,and the action of the latter will hold the frame at all times so that itcannot swing idly.

While the notches materially aid in holding the frame in operativeposition, nevertheless they are not absolutely necessary, since thespring element may be strong enough to insure a firm enough impact ofthe stop at the bottom of the long arm against the bottom of the ledge,so as to hold the frame in operative position, and therefore I do notwish to be limited to the employment of these notches.

I do not wish to be understood as making any broad claim either to aspool-holder or to a U-shaped frame having any hinged connection, sincemy invention is limited to the combination of the elements specified,whereby said holder may be always operated in a horizontal plane.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a spool-holder, the combination of the sewing-machine headprovided with a perforated ledge, the frame consisting of a cross-barand two depending arms of unequal lengths the longer arm extendingvertically and loosely through the perforation in the ledge and havinglateral projections at the bottom below said ledge whereby said arm isheld in position as against withdrawal from said perforation, while theshorter of said arms in normal position overhangs the sewing-machinehead but is separated therefrom by a space, and the spring arranged toresist the downward thrust of said longer arm whereby the latter isnormally elevated with said projections impacting firmly against thebottomof said ledge.

2. In a spool-holder the combination of the sewing-machine head having aledge perforated from top to bottom, notches in the under side of saidledge on opposite sides of said perforation, the frame consisting of across-bar and two depending arms of une ual lengths the longer of saidarms eXten ing through the perforation in the ledge and provided withone cross-pin beneath said ledge and a second crosspin above said ledge,andthe coil-spring. confined between the upper cross-pin and said ledgewhereby the lower cross-pin normally has a firm impact against FREDERICKEGGE. Witnesses A. B. ALVORD, M. T. LQNGDEN.

